Like Miguel I have wondered about the "community concept" as well. Is there something written about this? Could you provide a reference or two that would describe what you are doing? This would help me greatly. Bob Intrieri
At 03:16 PM 12/23/01 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:41 PM 12/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >> Well, let's talk about any form of cheating. This semester two >>members of a community cheated. How? Well, when I have the students form >>their communities on the first day of class, I give them three rules: (1) >>all members of the community must be strangers. That is, no room mates, >>bed mates, fraternity brothers, sorority sisters, home town friends, >>fiances, etc; (2) the community must be gender mixed---as long as the >>class ratios hold; and (3) the community must be racially mixed--as long >>as the make-up of the class allows. > >Louis, it is difficult for me, and probably for others, to comment as I am >not familiar with the 'community' concept. It might be helpful if you >tell us what a community is and what its purpose is for the course you are >teaching. For example, are these communities somewhat analogous to having >students work on a group project? What role does being strangers to the >other members of this community play in terms of the learning component of >this assignment (?). Also, do you have an explicit policy on academic >dishonesty in your course outline? If so, what sorts of penalties do you >list and how does this infraction fit in with your overall policy in terms >of penalty? > > >Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Voice: (718) 390-4513 >Associate Professor of Psychology Fax: (718) 390-4347 >Notre Dame Division of St. John's College E-mail (new): >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >St. John's University Home: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >300 Howard >Avenue Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm >Staten Island, New York 10301 >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert C. Intrieri, PhD Office (309) 298-1336 Department of Psychology Fax (309) 298-2179 Western Illinois University E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 University Circle Macomb IL 61455-1390 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
